Do they(schools) have the rights to do so?

last SG · 2007-06-27T23:17:05+00:00

if you break any school rule they can prevent you from taking the exam. e.g - long/dyed hair

photo_seeker SG

If TS is referring to the barring of students from taking their paper on the day of the paper, the answer is YES, provided that the school is able to give an explanatory that's acceptable to the Chief Examiner of the particular school.

Acceptable Explanatory refers to Disciplinary Incidences, Police Case, Late Coming on the day of examination.

LazerLordz SG

That's right.

But any attempt on the school to fabricate lies on that nature to prevent a student from taking a registered paper can lead to lawsuits.

eviljustice SG

Neutral Neutral Neutral

SGpork SG

Rolling Eyes

stellazio SG

if schools are preventing students from taking the national exams just to save their own face, they deserve the middle finger. Mad

ndmmxiaomayi SG

Although they can't... they have a reason for dropping you.

Looking at the subjects they are forcing you to drop, are you doing well in them? And did they offer you an alternative? For A Maths, there's no alternative. For Science, did they offer you to do Combined Science?

The offering of alternatives is important, because there's a reason for doing so.

These subjects require more work... don't do well... the school might jolly well force you to drop, whether or not you paid and registered. Bringing up to MOE or SEAB might not help, because your results can't prove that you are doing well.

Note that this has nothing to do with pulling the whole cohort's results down, but rather an individual's interest.

Unless you are doing well... then bring it up to MOE or SEAB.

LazerLordz SG

There are always reasons.

But I believe that if a student wishes to take the exam, he/she should not face any restriction over whether he or she can take the exam. If the school chooses to force a student to drop, the student may simply refuse to withdraw his registration and payment.

There are students who do awfully bad in internal examinations but have shown to have scored distinctions at the GCE level.

Therefore, it's the principle of it all that matters. I've a friend who went all the way to be allowed to drop Mother Tongue at the AO Level and succeeded. Realistically and technically, what can the school do, short of making up a file of unsuitability of character?

gunner77 SG

they can..

they will force u to take ur 0 level next year

and they will declare to the MOE tat u are not in the right condition to take 0 level..

MOE will accept.

my sch like tat. Confused

bananaking SG

Shocked so steady ar?...wha...what school?

hisoka SG

tell them you are not dropping and bring it all the way up to moe and news if they try and insist.

hisoka SG

in his case its for the lvls not like streaming and offering him subjects. he did say he already registered for the Os. The results won't matter because the registration is already done.

Besides, its always useful to bring it all the way up. it normally works based on publicity.

of course they could possibly find excuses and ways to force the issue, but then thats up to him to blow up or diffuse.

anyway why is the school trying to force you to drop?

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